Importance of Snanam & Nithyakarma Anushtanams

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Sri Rama Jayam – Snana Sankalpam

Sri Vedavyaasaaya Namah
Namah Paravati Pataye Hara Hara Mahadeva

We have heard in Puranas that only Muruga could wipe out Tarakasuran, Surapadman and other Asuras.

The Shat karmas (six karmas – sandhyavandanam, snanam etc.) are very important and only these can wipe out our sins completely, Devas could only manage these Asuras but only Muruga (Shanmuga) could kill them. (Shat = six in sanskrit, it becomes Shan by Sanskrit grammar.) Similarly, other solutions may only manage our problems for a while. Permanent solution is doing the Nithya karma.

Rishis have mentioned those doing karma anusthanams need not worry about anything, problems won’t near that person and existing problems will be solved.

By doing only snanam and sandhyavandanam a person will live for a hundred years.

We are aware about Sandhyavandanam, one more simpler and easier anushtanam is Snanam.

Many will be benefitted by snanam and sins done in numerous births is destroyed by snanam alone.

More details will be shared soon but the important things in Snanam are sankalpam before snanam and wearing a towel during snanam.

This sankalpam won’t take more than a minute. The day will become favorable when one takes sankalpam for snanam. Avoid doing sankalpam during “teethu”.

In Mahabharatam, Bhishmar mentions that a Brahmama doing snanam, sandhyavandanam and chanting Veda mantras at both twilights becomes the favourite of all Devas, Rishis and Pithrus.

Snanam done with bhagwan namas or veda mantras give excellent results but only when Sankalpam is done beforehand. Men must definitely do sankalpam before snanam. For women, sankalpam is required mainly for snanam in rivers. (for nithya snanam, it is optional.)

Sankalpam for 3rd October, 2017 – (change the tithi, day according to panchanga)

Use the name of the main deity in the temple near your home, eg : unnamulai amman sametha arunAchaleswara swami . Living near a temple itself is maha punniyam, always use the name of the important temple in your place. You can also add (samasta) समस्त​ between two swamis like the names of Shiva and Vishnu temples’ main deities.

Dear sir, please get the additional snana mantra for shikhai snanam, squeezing the vastram and others in person from a vaideeka who is conversant with these mantras. Only then, the potency of the mantra is truly unlocked.